NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 8, 2020

Jul 8, 2020 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for July 8, 2020

Game Summary

Center Letter	I
Outer Letters	a, d, f, l, n, w
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	26 words
Total Points	92 points
Genius Level	64 points
Bingo?	No

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Spelling Bee Grid
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
Today's Complete Solution
Answer Definitions

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Spelling Bee Grid

The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8	Σ
A	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	-	-	-	-	2
F	3	2	2	-	-	7
I	-	1	3	-	-	4
L	2	1	-	-	1	4
N	2	1	-	-	-	3
W	5	-	-	-	1	6
Σ	14	5	5	-	2	26

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

A
D	DI×2
F	FA×1 FI×5 FL×1
I	IL×1 IN×3
L	LA×4
N	NA×3
W	WA×2 WI×4

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

A
D	DIA×1 DIL×1
F	FAI×1 FIL×2 FIN×3 FLA×1
I	ILI×1 INF×1 INL×2
L	LAI×2 LAN×2
N	NAI×3
W	WAI×2 WIL×2 WIN×2

Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)

The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.

Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.

Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (^†).

Word	2L Ref	Definition (click to reveal)
di..	DI4	A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
di..	DI4	Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
fa..	FA4	To be unsuccessful.
fi....	FI6	Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
fi..	FI4	To occupy fully, to take up all of.
fi...	FI5	A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
fi..	FI4	To locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
fi....	FI6	The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
fl...	FL5	A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
il...	IL5	a series of exploits regarded as suitable for an epic
in....	IN6	To fill in a space, hole or gap.
in....	IN6	simple past tense and past participle of inlay
in....	IN6	Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
la..	LA4	simple past tense and past participle of lay
la..	LA4	past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
la...	LA5	A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
la......	LA8	To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
na...	NA5	A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
na..	NA4	Alternative spelling of naïf.
na..	NA4	The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
wa..	WA4	Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
wa..	WA4	To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
wi..	WI4	Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
wi..	WI4	Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
wi..	WI4	Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
wi...... ^†	WI8	Something that has been blown down by the wind.

Today's Complete Solution

The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.

Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.

dial (DI4)
dill (DI4)
fail (FA4)
filial (FI6)
fill (FI4)
final (FI5)
find (FI4)
finial (FI6)
flail (FL5)
iliad (IL5)
infill (IN6)
inlaid (IN6)
inland (IN6)
laid (LA4)
lain (LA4)
lanai (LA5)
landfill (LA8)
naiad (NA5)
naif (NA4)
nail (NA4)
waif (WA4)
wail (WA4)
wild (WI4)
will (WI4)
wind (WI4)
windfall^† (WI8)

Answer Definitions

dial (noun): A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
dill (noun): Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
final (noun): A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
find (verb): To locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
finial (noun): The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
iliad (noun): a series of exploits regarded as suitable for an epic
infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
inlaid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of inlay
inland (adjective): Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
laid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lay
lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
landfill (verb): To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
naif (adjective): Alternative spelling of naïf.
nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
waif (noun): Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
wail (verb): To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
wild (adjective): Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
will (verb): Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
wind (noun): Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
windfall^† (noun): Something that has been blown down by the wind.